The full list of candidates for the Harrogate Town Council election has been revealed.

Voters will head to the polls to elect the first ever town councillors on May 1.

Nineteen councillors will be elected in wards previously used by the defunct Harrogate Borough Council.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will field candidates in every seat. Reform UK will contest 18, the Green Party 14 and Labour eight.

Just two independents, Paul Haslam and Christopher Dunn, will stand on polling day.

You can find the full list of candidates below.

Bilton Grange Ward

• David Lindsay Allardyce, Liberal Democrat
  
• Sharon Bentley, Conservative
  
• John Lawrence, Reform UK
  
• Tamsin Jade Worrall, Green Party
  

Bilton Woodfield

• Ian Stuart Chamberlain, Liberal Democrat
  
• James David Edwin Eaton, Green Party
  
• David Michael Thornton Goodall, Reform UK
  
• Rebecca Reeve-Burnett, Conservative
  

Harrogate Central

• Susan Evans, Green Party
  
• John Hobkinson, Labour Party
  
• Jonathan Shrago, Conservative
  
• Paula Stott, Liberal Democrat
  
• Helen Janes Swales, Reform UK
  

Coppice Valley

• Rachel Catherine Adeleke, Green Party
  
• Louis Barratt, Conservative
  
• Christopher Julian Gelber, Reform UK
  
• Toby Holbrey, Labour
  
• Austin Wildmore, Liberal Democrat
  

Duchy

• Tracey Joan De Wet, Reform UK
  
• Anthony Murphy, Conservative
  
• Josy Thompson, Liberal Democrat
  

Fairfax

• Bob Frendt, Reform UK
  
• Bill Rigby, Green Party
  
• Jennifer Travena, Liberal Democrat
  
• Innes Winter, Conservative
  

Harlow

• Graham William Dixon, Liberal Democrat
  
• Jack Harrison, Labour Party
  
• Dan Lupton, Reform UK
  
• Suzanne Saeed, Green Party
  
• Douglas West, Conservative
  

High Harrogate

• Chris Aldred, Liberal Democrat
  
• Peter Eugene De Wet, Reform UK
  
• Kim Murphy, Conservative
  
• Reg Tayler, Green Party
  

Hookstone

• Gilly Charters, Green Party
  
• Tim Hunter, Conservative
  
• Andrew David Timothy, Liberal Democrat
  

Kingsley

• Josie Caven, Liberal Democrat
  
• Ian Graham Hardcastle, Reform UK
  
• Thomas Martin, Conservative
  
• Chris Watt, Labour
  

New Park

• Judy Armsby, Green Party
  
• Sue Lumby, Conservative
  
• Kevin Peter Parker, Reform UK
  
• Monika Slater, Liberal Democrat
  

Oatlands

• David Hartley, Reform UK
  
• Elizabeth Jackson, Conservative
  
• Howard Lloyd Marshall, Liberal Democrat
  
• Jo Webb, Green Party
  

Old Bilton

• Neil Bentley, Conservative
  
• Sheila Brown, Reform UK
  
• Christopher Dunn, Local
  
• Paul Haslam, Independent
  
• Andrew Kempston-Parkes, Liberal Democrat
  

Pannal

• John Mann, Conservative
  
• Jonathan Mark Swales, Reform UK
  
• Mark Julian Warr, Liberal Democrat
  

Saltergate

• Ian Charters, Green Party
  
• Jacqueline Mary Green, Reform UK
  
• Michael Harrison, Conservative
  
• Nathaniel Paul Slater, Liberal Democrat
  

St Georges

• Christine Elaine Ford, Reform UK
  
• Steven Jackson, Conservative
  
• Viv Poskitt, Liberal Democrat
  
• Andrew Rickard, Green Party
  
• Andrew Morris Zigmond, Labour
  

Starbeck

• Tony Brown, Reform UK
  
• Pat Foxall, Labour
  
• Chrissie Holmes, Liberal Democrat
  
• Sophie Elizabeth Smith, Green Party
  
• Luke Warburton, Conservative
  

Stray

• Helen Burke, Labour
  
• Edward Lyell, Conservative
  
• Patrick Francis Milne, Liberal Democrat
  
• Jack William Smithson, Reform UK
  
• Roland Strauss, Green Party
  

Valley Gardens

• John Ennis, Conservative
  
• Paul Gerard Hartness, Reform UK
  
• Edward Metcalfe, Liberal Democrat
  
• Andrew Williamson, Labour
  

Councillors elected on May 1 will serve a term of two years. Elections will be held again in 2027 for a four-year term to align with elections for North Yorkshire Council and all other parish councils

Meanwhile, voters have until April 11 to register to vote in the Harrogate Town Council election. You can register to vote here.